To all those quetioning the final score, it isn't an average and there isn't anything saying that just because it got more 9.5s than 9s it should get 9.5. That is why you should always actually read the review instead of just looking at the score. Also, most of you probably haven't even played the game so stop bitching.

Shouldn't of bothered posting that article reasoning why there's no pc review when all you ended up doing was a half-assed edit of the console review.

Also, you barely touched on the most important part of the game, the multiplayer... with all good fps games this is where most people will end up spending time... Why do you get paid to play a game for several months just to punch out a few sentences?

They really should hire people who can actually play games to review them, so many multiplayer reviews on IGN have the reviewer stating that they are no good at it, and this little disgruntled rant is essentially the same thing... so you get owned by a noob tactic and that's all you took from the experience? Unprofessional.

Make goddamn PC reviews for games like Crysis 2 that is a benchmark for graphics and perfomance. I don't care for xbox or ps3 review for it to take place when the game obviously looks better and plays better on the PC.

Make 2 reviews for games of this caliber one for pc the other for consoles, homogenization this days god...

FranklyShankly awww, poor kid. Never come back. I'll be pissed if I ever see you comment on another article again. Even though I know you'll be back tomorrow, all trolls cry then keep giving them clicks....

IGN needs to get their stuff together. Don't talk about there being a seperate review then post the same one for Xbox, altered a little. Follow the editors on Twitter, you will see their true Xbox/PS3 Fanboyism. IGN IS GETTING LAZY. I agree, shut down the PC section of your website. All it does now is make you look like idiots. It's a sorry excuse for a PC gaming webpage. ---on that note; anyone know of a GOOD dedicated PC gaming website? Reviews, etc... ?

I'll stay with IGN for PS3, but I can't deal with this half-assed PC section any longer. Sad face, I use to love IGN.

I'm not gonna just hate on IGN like some; I believe the have legitimate merit, however for PC specific titles that are also availible on console I may have to start relying solely on PC GAMER for these reviews. As was mentioned the review is almost a carbon copy of the console version despite the delay. Although there are improvements in graphics and stability mentioned on the PC version the score remains the same. I choose to be a PC gamer (although I do own a console) and I have invested more as a result. I just wish that professional reviewers would take this into account when writing articles for PC versions of games.m I would like some justification on why I should by the PC version as opposed to the console being as I cannot trade in the PC copy when I am done(Steam and D2D deals are a lifesaver though). I have played many games on both the consoles and the PC and I usually find that the PC has superior graphics, controls, options, stabilty and patching/modding capability. I have also played bad console ports that were poorly developed for PC as compared to the original system they were developed for and would prefer in that case to either rent or buy and trade in the console version to make the most of my money. Please in the future consider this when doing PC version reviews! If that is to much to ask then drop the charade and only advertise console reviews if that is all you are going to put out.
PEACE.

Wow, after that heart felt article about "We take our time with different versions of games, that's why PC isn't up yet" crap you seriously post the xbox review with 3 added sentences? No talk about differences, DX11, or performance with certain hardware. IGN...that's pretty shady and low-ball'ish. For the first time I'm actually dissapointed.

I don't blame the author for copy & pasting (with a few edits) because, well, the game is essentially the same across all 3 platforms. Really the major difference would be in presentation and controls, which I was admittedly hoping to hear more about the control difference and accurancy between platforms. But in any case, it sounds like a great game.

And I really don't see the big deal breaker without DX11 support. The author said it looks better than the original game that set the bar years ago, all while doing it on the same or even more modest hardware. That says a lot about the Crytek 2 engine. Direct X is just an API, giving devs the ability for certain effects - it's the game's graphic engine that really shows off it's ability. I'm certainly interested in the game.

Further proof of IGN's bias towards the 360 and Gies' ineptitude as a reviewer. He claims that 360 version has better graphics than PS3 version which is total bullshit as proven by other sites. He uses this lie as justification for rating 360's graphics 9.5 and PS3's 8.5. Then he says PC version is the best graphically (which it is) but proceeds to give it the same graphics score as 360: a 9.5 instead of a 10. What a devious litte nuisance to the video game review world. Instead of getting honest genuine unbiased reviews from IGN we get this garbage.

Claiming that this game looks better than Crysis 1 is a joke. It might look better than Crysis at it's lowest settings, but there is no way Crysis 2's blurry bloomed out textures and static environments look better than the crisp, beautiful, living, breathing jungles of Crysis and Warhead. Maybe the lighting is better, that's about it.

OK, not happy. Did they really have to use the "Predator" cloak noise when cloaking in Crysis 2? PC game is a dud as far as I am concerned. Too consolish (new word) XBoxer's and Playstationist (more new words) don't know what they are missing from the old Crysis PC version. Dude, can't even lean in Crysis. Peek over kind of nice. See I can say something nice. Liked the Hip hop tune too!

Sorry, "innovations" like multiple routes around a battle field, some respectable AI, a suit gimick (Prototype, Metal gear) and yet another FPS short campaign plus tacked on multiplayer? With bugs and framerate issues, especially on a major player console like the PS3? ALL THAT = a 9???? It took 5 years to develop 11 hours of levels. Tell you what. Strip down the PC version to its low graphics levels, and then tell me if the gameplay is a 9. I expect value for my $60. I got bored with FPS multiplayer at CoD: WaW. Which would be unplayable for PS3, because they didn't optimize for PS3. Unplayable for PC. Because this a PC tech snob's game, like the last one, and I don't want to waste several thousand $ on a gaming PC when PC gaming is dying, and those online who did will have the frame rate jump on me. IGN, you need to stop giving low content games big ratings!

IGN is getting bad at copypasta...You idiots didn't even try since the only differences in this review and the one for 360 are the first couple of sentences in every other paragraph...waited a couple of days for a fail copypasta!??

The little blurb about the XBOX version of Crysis 2 is the best looking game this gen has but one purpose. To incite fanboys thus generating more hits on this worthless website. F*** IGN, F*** my 4th dead 360 and F*** all you whining ass babies that are going to bash me for my preference even though I will never come back here to read your pathetic cries for help.

OK graphics can realy sell a game but what's the point of pretty graphics if the game plays like sh!t? I like the si-fi theme and the suits mechanics and a more open world with multiple altitudes sounds great. This is one of the better games of the year that should be a buy for any shooter fan. But personally I want to see more RPGs, seriously 90% of my games are shooters. I own a PS3 and could care less about the graphics. I know I'm trolling here but I haven't seen a PS3 review yet so I read this one and I also agree this is a half ass copy paste off of the 360 review...all you fanboys need to calm your asses down cuz your playing the same f*cking game in the end, cry me a river lol!

I have a Gateway LT21 RUNNING CRYSIS2.
You need Debian 6 and Wine 1.3 as well as Playonlinux packages installed.

I grabbed the Steam demo, but Wine will run the Game none the less.

Configure Wine(via PlayonLinux API) to use OpenGl instead of GDI for redraw, give it max. avail VRAM specs, and use pbuffer backbuffer modes..runs like an Nvidia plays COD4 Natively on Windows...even though it complains about unsupported hardware.

(note: Games in this manner are LIMITED, however, MOST LEAD titles have confirmed working in similar manner..i can only test certain titles at this time.)

@ Were u expecting the two console versions of the game to be completely different (like one has dragons while the other fire breathing monkeys)??? So why should they write two completely different reviews??? It's the same game so all they needed to do is highlight the differences on the platforms at the end of the review. And having the same person write it makes sense for the sake of focus and reliability; the experience might be different from one person to the next so one person might give it a 10 while on the other platform it gets a 8.0, when actually it runs better on the lower scored platform. He gave both 9.0 so it's marginally better on one platform thus if u have a PS3 only it's a great buy too. If u have both 360 & PS3 u get some additional details to make ur choice (U could still choose the PS3 versions because most of ur friends r getting this version or some other reasons). On top of all that the game was 1st reviewed in a "Review Event".

@ Were u expecting the two console versions of the game to be completely different (like one has dragons while the other fire breathing monkeys)??? So why should they write two completely different reviews??? It's the same game so all they needed to do is highlight the differences on the platforms at the end of the review. And having the same person write it makes sense for the sake of focus and reliability; the experience might be different from one person to the next so one person might give it a 10 while on the other platform it gets a 8.0, when actually it runs better on the lower scored platform. He gave both 9.0 so it's marginally better on one platform thus if u have a PS3 only it's a great buy too. If u have both 360 & PS3 u get some additional details to make ur choice (U could still choose the PS3 versions because most of ur friends r getting this version or some other reasons). On top of all that the game was reviewed in a "Review Event", they didn't send the game to the whole IGN team to review.

@VikingSteve26
clarify the term "console oriented" what exactly does that mean because it sounds like a total BS term to me. Now I admit that some game genre's have better use on PC than on a console, most notably RTS. But shooters vary little between the two.

@sa87 Okay you are completely wrong there. Shooters were invented on PC for a reason. The precision of mouse is so much better than dragging a stupid analog stick with limited speed. Also superior framerate is critical for shooters.

Man, it must be hard to review games like this. If you get really technical, you will go over the heads of people who just want to know if the game play and story are good or not. If you only stick to the normal game play, story, and general feel of the game stuff, then you piss off the tech nerds. I understand both view points, when you spend $2000+ on a rig you would probably want to every little difference and similarities from the first Crysis, and break it down Excel style. Maybe a two page review for the normals (i.e. console kids) and an eight page review for the people who get their jollies off of bigger GPU numbers (i.e. PC grandpas). To be honest, I am both. I heard that Arthur played the PC version with a controller. He said that it seems that it was designed for consoles. If I am going to want to play this sucker with a controller I might as well get it on the 360 and play it on my big TV. But then my PC will get jealous and my eyes will bleed from the 90% scaled down res. What to do, what to do? Maybe I will get it on the PS3 just to spite everyone and be the only Multi-platform owner to buy the PS3 version.

The PC version "outshines" the console version in terms of graphics, yet they both nab the same graphics score? On the 360 review, it said Crysis was the best looking game on the 360... so wouldn't that have been a 10 out of 10 for graphics?

The little blurb about the XBOX version of Crysis 2 is the best looking game this gen has but one purpose. To incite fanboys thus generating more hits on this worthless website. F*** IGN, F*** my 4th dead 360 and F*** all you whining ass babies that are going to bash me for my preference even though I will never come back here to read your pathetic cries for help.